8 Virtual Reality Apps for your Smartphone

You do not have to spend hundreds of dollars buying the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive to try out a popular virtual reality experience when you can use your smartphone with Google Cardboard and virtual reality apps for just a fraction of the cost.

Here are 8 recommended applications.

1. YouTube

Out of all the virtual reality apps, this is by far the first you must download. From wildlife sceneries to music videos, the VR content on YouTube is ever growing and free. Take a look at what’s available using your Google Cardboard and experience a new layer of immersion in the comfort of your own couch.

2. Google Cardboard

Google Cardboard offers their own content that is exciting to explore. Ensuring immersive content for everyone, Google has made efforts in creating affordable options for a VR headset, the cardboard, and their free app with new experiences to immerse yourself in.

3. NYT VR

“Discover stories without limits”, the New York Times is jumping into virtual reality technology to bring its users on a new adventure. In bringing that virtual reality as a new format for reading magazines, NYT has created a wide variety of immersive videos from the deepest depths of the ocean to standing alongside Iraqi forces during a battle with ISIS. Out of all news related virtual reality apps, the New York Times does a fantastic job in keeping the reader engaged.

4. Sister: A Virtual Reality Ghost Story

Get ready for a truly out of body experience with a VR Ghost Story. In this experience, you want to be careful where you look. With immersive 360 visuals and audio, users are dedicated their eyes and ears to a terrifying story.